New technologies can help make these journeys to your holiday destination (by bus, train, or plane) more bearable. SPC, the Spanish technology company specializing in intelligent consumer electronics products, suggests four ways to make the most of different devices during travel.
August arrives, and with it, the holidays. But if we choose to travel, many hours await us with flights, airport layovers, or trips by car, bus, or train. However, new technologies can help make these journeys much easier.
More than 95% of tourists nowadays use digital resources during their trip, whether before, during, or after it, according to The Boston Consulting Group. These tools help in various ways: from showing other people’s opinions about a hotel to reviews of a restaurant we plan to visit.
SPC, the Spanish technology company specializing in intelligent consumer electronics products, proposes four ways to make the most of different devices during holiday journeys:
The smartphone, the perfect travel companion
The mobile phone acts as a personal travel companion. From planning the trip to the return, it helps improve the overall travel experience. 33% of travellers book their trips on a mobile device, 62% say that digital boarding passes and electronic tickets make travel much easier, and 46% say a good digital experience is important when choosing an airline, according to GSMA.
In this regard, you can use your journey to your holiday destination to prepare your trip from your smartphone. Apps like Google Trip serve as a personalised travel guide in your pocket. It can be downloaded for free and its main function is to help plan a trip by providing useful information such as how to book cars and hotels, leisure activities, or tourist information for each destination. Others, like Splitwise, will help you keep track of what you are spending, split expenses as they arise, and generally prevent calculations from becoming a mission impossible. And if the trip is international, Babbel is a very useful solution to speak and learn new languages through 15-minute lessons.
Films and series on demand to make the journey shorter
Diving into a new series or film is the perfect option for long trips: before you know it, several hours will have passed. Tablets like GRAVITY 4G are the choice for those who need the latest technical features and unlimited connectivity: it stands out for its LTE connectivity, Octa-Core processor at 1.6 GHz, and an IPS HD screen with 1280×800 resolution. It guarantees a great gaming experience in streaming, through platforms like Google Stadia, and online content consumption on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO, or Disney+.
Whether we have a tablet with good connection or are using our mobile network, we will likely want to avoid using too much data, because the data consumption of an app like Netflix can be quite high. To save on data use and set a limit on streaming quality, you can choose the viewing quality that best suits you in your Netflix account or any other streaming platform. Choosing a medium option is the most suitable: the series or film will be seen with good quality, but you won’t use too much data each time you want to watch something.
Put on your headphones and isolate yourself with your favourite music
More options to make the most of the time until you reach your destination: never be without music. As a passenger, listening to the radio or your favourite songs on your mobile can make the trip more pleasant. Another way to entertain yourself is to listen to podcasts to prepare your trip: the old guides that many users used to buy before arriving at their destination are now produced as audio guides. Many of these can be listened to for free on Spotify, Apple Music, Google podcasts, or Deezer. It is also possible to download AudioViator, an app with which you can listen to free audio guides when you travel. It detects where you are and suggests the geolocated audio guides closest to your position.
For all this, there are headphones with active noise cancellation (ANC) technology that eliminate ambient noises present in public transport such as trains, buses, or planes. References like ETHER PRO, with optimal sound quality, allow you to connect them to your laptop, your smartphone, and your tablet at the same time.
Transport yourself to another world through reading
Reading while travelling is another good way to make the most of the time: it shortens distances and isolates us from noise and boredom so we arrive at the destination in good spirits. In this regard, eBooks offer several advantages: you can carry hundreds of books on a single device, they are light and compact, do not tire the eyes of the little ones, and have great battery life.
They are also very useful for gathering all travel documents on one device: transport tickets, hotel confirmations, maps to reach them, insurance policies, or even guides or pages with information about the destination. A good and eco-friendly solution to avoid being overwhelmed by papers or if you do not have access to printers.
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